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MINISTER FOR EDUCATION AND THE ARTS

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION ON NOTICE NO. 427

Primary Schools - Costs

Mrs Nolan - asked the Minister for Education and the Arts on notice on 6 August 1991:

(1) What is the cost per student for Government Primary education in the ACT.

(2) Will this cost be applied to students at Lyons and Cook Primary Schools.

Mr Wood - the answer to Mrs Nolans question is:

(1) For 1989-90, the average recurrent expenditure per student in ACT government primary schools was $3910 (source: National School Statistics Collection)

(2) Special staffing arrangements have been made until the end of 1991 to ensure minimum disruption to students educational programs as a result of the reopening of Cook and Lyons Primary Schools. From the beginning of the 1992 school year resources will be allocated to Cook and Lyons Primary Schools on the same basis as to other ACT government primary schools. The per-pupil cost is likely to remain slightly higher than average due to the diseconomies of scale inherent in small schools.

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